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In a recent article posted by Jimmy K. in EducationNews.org, "Primary School Results Let Down By Poor Spelling," the main problem with spelling was "... pupils...
I heartily agree with the message below. A number of very successful programmes (e.g. PhonoGraphix and Jolly Phonics) avoid letter-names completely to begin...
Jennifer Chew
jennifer@...
Jan 3, 2003 7:42 am
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I have found the same problem in all of my poor readers. I worked with a gifted and talented 15 yr old boy last year that had a serious reading problem but...
robert & shay
rebyell@...
Jan 3, 2003 10:20 am
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I, too, agree heartily with the original message and Jenny's message as well. Spalding is another method which teaches letter sounds before letter names, ...
Folks - what do you think about this? (article on new way of working with dyslexics) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2624543.stm Yours for better letters,...
The research I have read would not support that the wrong teaching was as much to blame as other deficits. I would hate for someone to blame instructional...
Given that we shouldn't teach letter-names to beginning readers (but that our culture expects adults - not to mention literate children - to know the names of...
Gayle - You remember that you named some Spalding schools about a months ago? Well, I have today e-mailed the Spalding office in Phoenix (I couldn't find an ...
Jennifer Chew
jennifer@...
Jan 3, 2003 6:55 pm
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Hi Shay Eddie Carron (Electronic Library) I was thinning out my old messages when your name cropped up. I would love to hear how you are getting on using the...
Eddie Carron
eddie@...
Jan 3, 2003 7:12 pm
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Letter names should be learned after the sounds are learned. In Spalding, teaching is done at the point of need. When a child needs to know, you give him the...
... From: Jimmy Kilpatrick To: readbygrade3@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 4:15 PM Subject: RE: [readbygrade3] Don't Teach Letter Names! The...
Jennifer Chew
jennifer@...
Jan 4, 2003 6:40 am
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Kate - What you say below again makes me feel that things in the USA must be very different from things in the UK. I have never heard of anything like this ...
Jennifer Chew
jennifer@...
Jan 4, 2003 7:31 am
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I don't have any idea how this would help dyslexics understand diphthongs and digraphs. ... From: Kate Gladstone <kate@...> To:...
robert & shay
rebyell@...
Jan 4, 2003 11:28 am
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I think that letter names should be taught after the child has learned the basic code and a few of the advanced code: sh/th/wh/ch/ck. ... From: Kate Gladstone...
robert & shay
rebyell@...
Jan 4, 2003 11:30 am
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You need to contact the NIH and ask for all their research centers addresses. Each center will forward you copies of their research on reading. The research...
I find it very interesting in these discussions the lack on honesty by many involved in touting programs. Seldom are the in-depth dialogue on the kids not...
... The school that this boy attended (before he changed to the other school that convinced him he couldn't read) in fact did not mention the conventional...
Jimmy, I have been a classroom reacher for 35 years and have taught many programs from whole language to phonics to phonemic awareness and a mixture of all...
Ann Benson
annbenson2001@...
Jan 4, 2003 5:58 pm
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Jimmy, I have been a classroom reacher for 35 years and have taught many programs from whole language to phonics to phonemic awareness and a mixture of all...
Ann Benson
annbenson2001@...
Jan 4, 2003 5:58 pm
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I agree. Thank you for your pointing out the issues you personally have had in the classroom. Yes, I agree it may be better but just what else is needed is...
Sesame Street and "infant" books assure that many US kids learn some letter names before beginning school. Do pre-school children in the UK not have access to...
Eldo Bergman
txreadinst@...
Jan 5, 2003 12:45 am
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Eldo mentions ... Have you looked at the AVKO reading/spelling program at http://www.avko.org ? If memory serves, that program teaches them all. Yours for...
In fact, I am on the AVKO Board of Directors. Thanks for the plug. It is the best spelling program I know of; in addition, spelling can be a valuable...
Eldo Bergman
ewb@...
Jan 5, 2003 3:50 am
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... This assertion puzzles me. I majored in linguistics at college, and have kept closely in touch with fellow linguists since. No linguist whom I know would...
Of course, Kate, letters themselves "say" nothing. Do you work with young children who are struggling to learn to read? What wording do you use to teach the...
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